Miami alumnus and renowned football coach Ara Parseghian died on Wednesday at the age of 94.
Best known for transforming the Fighting Irish from a declining program to a football powerhouse, the former Notre Dame coach of the 1960s and ‘70s was also a product of Miami’s “Cradle of Coaches.”
“I lost my childhood idol,” said Chuck Martin, Miami’s head football coach in a statement to Miami University on Wednesday. “Ara is one of the all-time greats of our profession.”
Parseghian, a 1949 Miami graduate, played football for the RedHawks and earned All-Ohio honors in 1946 and 1947.